No fashion event captivates the world quite like the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. In November 2017, more than 55 models descended upon Shanghai for the lingerie (内衣) maker’s first show in Asia. Victoria’s Secret cast eight Chinese models for the show, including Liu Wen, double the number that walked in 2016.
Liu Wen, a Chinese fashion model, started her modeline career in 2005 after competing in the reality TV show New Silk Road World Model Contest. Although she did not win the competition, Liu soon began working full-time as a model, eventually becoming a national success story after working with fashion magazines like Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar that are popular in China, In 2007, she was signed to the Marilyn agency, and has since walked for Burberry, Givenchy, Chanel, Tom Ford, Proenza Schooler and Tommy Hilfiger.
Liu walked a record 74 shows in New York, London, Milan and Paris for the autumn/winter 2009 season, followed by 70 for spring/summer 2010, making her the second most-booked catwalk model that year. She has also notched up 15 international Vogue covers to date.
In 2009, Liu became the first woman of Chinese descent to walk in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. Liu also participated in the 2010-2012 shows. She returned to the Victoria’s Secret runway again in 2016.
In the past, Liu has said that after modeling she might enjoy working as a stylist or, were the opportunity to arise, as an actress — she feels that modeling and acting have much in common, but for now she enjoys modeling and working in the fashion industry. She has stated that she knows that, as a career choice, working as a fashion designer or stylist would be “very hard work”, but she is now more seriously considering becoming a stylist because she would like “to share her fashion style — tomboyish, vintage, and comfortable— with the world”.
1.How many times has Liu appeared in Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show?
A. 4. B. 5.
C. 6. D. 7.
2.Which statement is not true?
A. Liu created a record of 15 international Vogue covers.
B. Liu walked 70 shows for the autumn/winter 2010 season.
C. Liu returned to the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show again in 2016.
D. Liu didn’t win the New Silk Road World Model Contest in 2005.
3.According to the passage, Liu Wen is .
A. beautiful and patient B. successful and kind
C. determined and smart D. hardworking and ambitious
4.Where can we most probably find this passage?
A. In a poster. B. In a magazine.
C. In a fashion show. D. In a book review.
Museums are now giving history lovers the chance to explore exhibits after dark in an all-night adventure.
New York Last August, NY’s American Museum of National history held its first-ever adult sleepover. After all the $ 350 tickets sold out in three hours, these grown-up slumber parties have become a regular event. Guests can enjoy a glass of champagne and participant in fossil-finding tours and live shows with nocturnal animals (夜间动物) before settling down for the night beneath the iconic 29m-long blue whale.
Sydney The Australian Museum mixes it up with themed sleepover events throughout the year. During the slumber parties children can snooze in the company of prehistoric skeletons and giant squids.
Singapore The Art Science Museum has held several Jurassic sleepover parties. With movie screenings, interactive and educational workshops, and special after-hours tours to enjoy, midnight museum goers can learn more about dinosaur’s origin at the “ Dinosaurs: Dawn to Extinction” exhibit.
London The British Natural History Museum also hosts Dino Snores for prehistoric devotees. Both kids and adults can take part in a torch-lit journey in the dinosaur gallery and have an opportunity to sleep m the Central Hall next to the Diplodocus (梁龙) skeleton. Besides, adult parties include live music, a midnight feast and horror movie marathons.
1.What is the symbol of NY’s American Museum of National history?
A. Fossil. B. Giant squids.
C. Blue whale. D. Nocturnal animals.
2.If you are a music and movie lover, you’ll go to .
A. The Australian Museum B. The Art Science Museum
C. The British Natural History Museum D. NY’s American Museum of National history
3.What is the purpose of the author writing this passage?
A. To introduce the history of museums.
B. To recommend some museums to visitors.
C. To highlight the dinosaur of some museums.
D. To compare some museums all over the world.
假定你是李华，你的美国笔友David对你校开设的一些选修课（optional course）非常感兴趣，来信向你询问有关事宜。请根据以下内容提示给他写封回信。
1.选修课程包括：英语戏剧（drama），模型制作（model making）等；
2.每门课程的优点；
3.你希望增加的课程及理由。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头语已为你写好，不计入总词数。
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Last Monday, my classmate and I saw some people gathering in our way to school. In order to see what was happening, so we got close enough and found an old woman lie on the ground. The people around her just stand there, watching and chatting. We were worried about her and decided to take her to the hospital immediate. It turned out that she lost her balance but fell. She had to stay in hospital, so we called her family. Soon his son came and thanked us by offering us money. We refused money and left. Hurried to school, we found we were late. To our delight though, our teacher praised us for that we had done and we felt very proud.
We have to admit that happiness and work do not tend to go hand in hand. A 2016 Gallup study(民意调查),1.reported some relative data from more than 180 million people, found that just 13% of us consider ourselves to be “happily engaged at work”.
2.(compare) with unhappy people, happy ones are six times more energetic. The good news is that just 50% of happiness3.(influence) by genetics, and the rest is up to you. When it comes4.making yourself happy, you need to learn5.works for you. Once you discover this, everything else tends to fall into place. And making yourself happy not only improves your6.(perform), but is also good for your health.
7.important skill that happy people tend to have in common is emotional intelligence(EQ). At TalentSmart, we’ve tested the EQs of more than a million people and know what makes high EQ people. So, we will keep8.(dig) until we find the ways that emotionally9.(intelligence) people create10.own happiness at work.
I grew up in a small town and the main entertainment was Friday night high school football. It was just a sleepy little town where parents wanted to raise their children away from ______and danger of a big city, and where teenagers like me______leaving to find something bigger and better.
All that______one summer night. My friend Lisa, Martin and Tyler held a party for my eighteenth birthday at Lisa’s house. As they kept______alcohol to me I was pretty drunk. I asked Tyler to take me home. With some______, we made it out to his car and drove home. News came next morning. Kim, my friend______we were five years old, was killed in a car accident. That night after Tyler and I left, Kim, who was______more drunk than me, got into her car and______towards the highway to go home. She was driving on the wrong side of the road and never saw the truck coming. The driver didn’t see her______to avoid the car. They hit head on. Kim died immediately, and the driver was thrown______the truck windshield(挡风玻璃) and died a week later.
Whenever I______back on that day, I can’t help thinking that it was my______to drink so much that night, otherwise things would be different. I know Kim______the choice to drink and drive that night, but a part of me will always feel______for what happened.
I may not change the______with my story, but I do hope that I can make people______the responsibility that they have to themselves and others by______it. Don’t ever think that your choices are yours______. Every choice is like a stone dropped into______water-each ripple(波纹) represents someone who your choice______. That’s quite an influence, isn’t it?
1.A. death B. fashion C. crime D. challenge
2.A. succeeded in B. dreamed of C. applied for D. approved of
3.A. happened B. continued C. changed D. remained
4.A. sending B. delivering C. taking D. handing
5.A. pleasure B. difficulty C. hope D. method
6.A. before B. until C. when D. since
7.A. constantly B. frequently C. clearly D. equally
8.A. headed B. walked C. pushed D. fled
9.A. in trouble B. in time C. in danger D. in place
10.A. above B. below C. into D. through
11.A. look B. hold C. keep D. get
12.A. desire B. fault C. right D. chance
13.A. faced B. avoided C. regretted D. made
14.A. responsible B. disappointed C. embarrassed D. sensitive
15.A. town B. party C. world D. environment
16.A. explain B. escape C. limit D. realize
17.A. remembering B. sharing C. declaring D. stopping
18.A. alone B. finally C. apart D. perhaps
19.A. clean B. deep C. still D. fresh
20.A. affects B. inspires C. attracts D. benefits
